Rocca Di Tentennaro

rocca di tentennaro

Among the most famous monuments and important land better known within the territory of Castiglione d'Orcia find the tower of the Rock of Tentennano. This impressive cassero is placed on top of a limestone hill that svetta on Val d'Orcia and dominates the small medieval village of Rocca d'Orcia. In remote epochs was constructed and used as a strategic settlement To check and monitor the area of Val d'Orcia between the ninth and the fourteenth century. It was the scene of a great battle between the family of Salimbeni and the Republic of Siena, which managed to riottenerla in 1408. Two centuries later around the fortress developed the latest clashes which saw as the protagonist, in the sixteenth century, the battle between Siena and Florence. In both battles the fortress was conquered only through betrayal of forces that presidiavano. Although many people think that the Fortress of Tentennano an integral part of the country of Castiglione d'Orcia, in the past two villages separated by different stories, at least until 1777, when the Municipality of Rocca was joined to that of Castiglione.

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